Pacing The Cage Lyrics

The song Pacing The Cage is performed by Jimmy Buffett in the album named Beach House On The Moon [ENHANCED CD] in the year 1999 .



By: bruce cockburn

Sunset is an angel weeping
Holding out a bloody sword
No matter how I squint I cannot
Make out what it's pointing toward
Sometimes you feel like you've lived too long
Days drip slowly on the page
And you catch yourself
Pacing the cage

I've proven who I am so many times
The magnetic strip's worn thin
And each time I was someone else
And everyone was taken in
Powers chatter in high places
Stir up eddies in the dust of rage
Set me to pacing the cage

I never knew what you all wanted
So I gave you everything
All that I could pillage
All the spells that I could sing
It's as if the thing were written
In the constitution of the age
Sooner or later you'll wind up
Pacing the cage

Sometimes the best map will not guide you
You can't see what's round the bend
Sometimes the road leads through dark places
Sometimes the darkness is your friend
Today these eyes scan bleached-out land
For the coming of the outbound stage
Pacing the cage

Pacing the cage



Jimmy Buffett - Beach House On The Moon [ENHANCED CD]

May 1999

  1. Beach House On The Moon
  2. Permanent Reminder Of A Temporary Feeling
  3. Waiting For The Next Explosion
  4. Pacing The Cage
  5. You Call It Jogging
  6. Flesh And Bone
  7. I Will Play For Gumbo
  8. Math Suks
  9. Spending Money
  10. Semi-True Story
  11. Lucky Stars
  12. I Don't Know And I Don't Care
  13. Oysters And Pearls

Pacing The Cage